Tag: Rogers

Blade Runner 2049!
I’ve been trying to get to the theatre to see Blade Runner 2049 for a while now. For one reason or another, it hasn’t happened… and the film is slowly disappearing from theatres. So, we merged some plans together and finally went to see it in Newmarket. It didn’t disappoint. It was a slick Sci-fi film, borrowing a lot of the atmosphere from its predecessor. The music was striking and unsettling, much like the original score. I was concerned about Ryan Gosling in the film but he was stoic and impressive as a replicant. It took a while for the film to get going but once Harrison Ford hit the screen – the film soared. The visuals were stunning, often full of filtered foggy colour creating an eerie sense of unknown. I really enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to a high quality copy to watch at home. I hope this marks the beginning of more films in the series.

Get the popcorn!
We painted and renoed my office a while back. Since then I’ve been searching for ‘a comfy chair’ to chill in and watch hockey etc.. The quest has included numerous stops to Homesense, Ikea and Costco. We even brought a chair home but it was dismissed. So I was quite surprised when Bdot called yesterday saying she may have found… the one chair. Happy birthday! So, yeah, it is a wee bit firm but I love the colour, aesthetic the good-sized arms. I’ll just have to keep the cat from destroying it. Sigh.

Tuesday I had one of my wisdom teeth removed. So you may notice that I’m using smaller words now. I had built it up in my head to be quite an experience but it was actually painless, and MUCH better than my actual dentist. It does feel very strange, and it did bleed a lot, but it seems okay today, so far… As I age I appear to be falling apart.

I was expecting Rogers to come by today between 10-12, it is now 1:20. Must be nice to live in an alternate reality where you can treat customers with such callous indifference. Sigh.

The numbers don’t lie!
I’ve ragged on Rogers pretty hard in the past. More for the abysmal customer service than anything. Last weekend we cut our cable and home phone service. In doing so we renegotiated our Internet package. The package ended costing only a few dollars more but we got a new cable modem. And wow… what a difference! I just tested the old modem before we brought it in. It was getting around 28-32M/down and maybe 2-5M/up. You can see the numbers above… what an improvement! So we are -so far- pretty happy post cutting the cord. I still have access to Sportsnet and Centre Ice for sports online (and other streaming sites) and I finally got NextPVR working today.
NextPVR has been an awesome find. Last week I had to wipe my main computer and reinstall everything. Somehow this wrecked my NextPVR install. The devs at the NextPVR forum were incredibly helpful and responsive to helping me. Again guys – thanks!

Toronto Blue Jays have their first post-season game in over two decades on Thursday night and the NHL Regular season starts… Should be a fun night.

Haha. That hack Raffi Torres got a 41 game suspension. I hope it sticks. Guy is a complete douche.

This year’s pumpkins. Yes I know I’ve done Jack Skellington before. 😛
Friday night was Halloween. I was expecting a good number of kids since it was a Friday night…but the weather was awful. Cold, rainy, uncomfortable… ironically the worst evening in months. That said, we still had a decent showing of Skeletons, Undead and the Flash. There were some really impressive Halloween displays on our street. I think we’ll need to up the ante next year. Bdot eventually got home with dinner. (Swedish fish, while delicious aren’t full of nutrients it seems) By the time she was home I was famished. Once again we made all the Thai food magically disappear.
Saturday was a busy and long day. We got up early to meet our landscaper at Humber Nurseries in the freezing cold November morning. It was useful however. We had a plan but after talking with the Landscaper and seeing the brick we aren’t are certain now. We have the material picked out… it is now just deciding how to use it. Hmm. After Humber we decided to grab lunch. So time ago a co-worker told me about Burger Priest raving about their burgers. So we tried them. Well… it was rather disappointing. First off… they don’t give you a tray so I guess you rip apart your bag to use as a plate? Ugh. The burger was flavorful but small, greasy and nothing really exceptional. Frankly for the money I’d go to A&W instead. Next stop was Lee Valley. Now that we have a shed we are able to organize the garage and things are finally getting moved around. So we bought a bunch of shelving, hooks and clamps. There will be order! (At sometime in the future…) I had plans to meet the Boyz in the evening so bdot dropped me off at nIVEK’s place. After appreciating his awesome new TV we trekked down to Niagara.

The plan was dinner at Carlos Cantina then watch the Niagara Icedog game at St.Catharines new arena the Meridian Centre! We met up with the lads JoeyJoe, MikeMike at Captain’s. After a pre-beer we enjoyed a yummy dinner at Carlos then we were off to the game. I’ve never been to an OHL game before. The pace was impressive. There were very few stoppages and few penalties. The game flew by. Especially since the Icedogs were getting owned by *cough* Sudbury…The game was a slaughter but the arena was quite impressive. It was a good time with the lads. I’d go to another OHL game… Afterward we had a few games of pool at a local bar we called it night. Poor MikeMike wasn’t feeling well anyway. Otherwise a great night with the lads.Yes the final score was 7-2. *cough!*
Yesterday we got the outside ready for Winter. We are still dealing with the water issue along the front basement window. With the new eaves we are hopeful the main problem has been rectified. Still we want to fix the wall. In doing so we have to expose the outer wall and find the problem. So I started digging along the wall. Bah… the dirt is full of roots and clay. Every shovel full is a struggle. It may take a while to expose 1-2 ft down. We also raked the remaining leaves, cut the lawn and started some preliminary garage organization. Needless to say it was a well earned hot tub night.

While I was at the hockey game Saturday bdot deal with Rogers idiocy AGAIN. She turned on the tub to discover our plan was completely wrong and we were reduced to basic cable. Every time we call Rogers they fsck something up. EVERY TIME. I guess they like pissed off customers that will leave as soon as a suitable alternative becomes available. The customer *service* reps are without question the worst trained and most infuriating of any we have dealt with. It is like they don’t listen to a word you say then change your plan to whatever they want once the call is over. Rogers customer service is absolutely appalling and the media corp should be embarrassed by it. This isn’t an isolated, one off call either, ever time we have to call, something on the plan is ruined. Bdot ever *repeated* asked for the plan to be read back to her before hanging up and they STILL fscked it up!!!. Bell bring Fibe to Bolton please!

It was an interesting weekend for my sports teams. Tottenham had a late goal to win, and the Sabres beat the Wings in a shootout.

Nothing shocking
No it isn’t news. Rogers sucks. Their ‘customer service’ is notoriously bad. Frankly the lackadaisical, fsck the customer attitude is shared by all three of the major Ontario cell providers. Why? Because they can. I’ve been reading about alternatives. Because I HATE HATE HATE that if I want Internet and Cable I have two shitty options that I can OVERPAY for.

This tirad is inspired from today’s 12h outage. I get few days off (as do most North Americans… but that is another story) so I was hoping to get some gaming in, perhaps do some surfing. Research for a review. No… of course I would be denied. Today… of all fracking days Rogers is DOWN THE ENTIRE DAY… No Cable. No Phone. No Internet and of course…. no explanation that I have found anywhere. No point calling because the clowns on the phone can’t help you and won’t connect you with someone who can.

If there’s a new way, I’ll be the first in line. But it better work this time.-Peace Sells by Megadeth

It has been a quiet few days off… We both had ridiculously exhausting work weeks. There was some talk of getting together with family for Easter… But there was no way. Sometimes you need some down time and that was what we had this weekend.

MMM.
Heh, and Bdot brought home a 1KG bag of these last Thursday night. The bag is practically gone. Phew. Also enjoyed a bunch of baked goods from gourmandissimo.

Finally defeated Diablo in Diablo 3. It was really easy with the Demon Hunter… Continuing play on hard level.

I guess I broke Google. Sorry folks.
A rare google error. Thought the drawing was funny.

It was a busy weekend. Bdot’s parents were here the entire weekend. Her dad goes to bed early, usually by 7AM. So… by early morning he is often up. Well… I guess he thought it was a good idea to wander around the pitch black house with a flashlight early Saturday morning waking bdot. She had no idea it was him and thought someone was in the house. She awoke me somewhat frantically… Now if this were the States I would likely have got my gun. Fortunately it isn’t. We crept down the stairs and eventually discovered the intruder was her Dad. Unreal.

Thanksgiving dinner was pretty awesome. We opted for something a little different and instead of a turkey we tried a capon stuffed with sausage and asparagus. It was quite good. Bdot also slaved in the kitchen making stuffing. The night was joined by bdot’s brother who introduced us to the series Ray Donovan which looks promising. Apple and pumpkin pies for dessert!

Sunday marked my one year anniversary with bdot. Happy anniversary mon petit chou. Unfortunately we didn’t really have any opportunity for any alone time.

One year!

Today we had bdot’s sister and the nephews over for a few hours. They treated the hot tub more like a wrestling ring and seemed to have a lot of fun. I was happy to see the new patio can easily accommodate five or so people comfortably.

Ahh Rogers. How I hate thee. Our TV has been out for days so bdot called to raise hell. She calls nearly every year to ‘renegotiate our plan‘. Well this year resulted in us getting their new PVR Nextbox. Which has sat in great room offering us nothing but a black screen, blue spinning LCD snake and errors. Awesome! We had a tech in and he couldn’t fix the issue. He said it was an issue at the box and someone else would have to replace some parts or something. It has been pretty frustrating. A house with extra guests and can’t even get some down time with TV. Yup.

Oh and the Sabres are 0-6-1 to start the season. Wait! There is more! Pominville scored the winning goal last night for another one goal loss. So when exactly does this become hockey heaven again? Siiiigh.

Pundit’s pre-season predictions.
Sure it is Yahoo! Sports… but there sure looks to be no love for the Sabres this year. I hope I remember at the end of the season to return to this entry and see if they were right. They could be. The Sabres have added a bunch of rookies to the roster. Does that automatically mean failure? It sure seems like the pundits think so.

Past a nasty accident on the the 50 this morning. Debris everywhere, lamp post knocked over. Sure looked like someone is having a shitty morning.

LOLS. Rogers Help mistweet. I favourited it. It has of course been deleted. Truth hurts I guess.Finally some truth from Rogers.